Anomie refers to a
A. model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated.
B. classification scheme containing two or more categories.
C. type of suicide that is based on depression.
D. loss of direction that is felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.
Answer: D
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a. there is no question it exists. b. there is little data to support its existence. c. it clearly exists for women but not for men. d. it clearly exists for men but not for women.
Eighteenth century Irish immigrants typically included all of the following but
a) farmers. b) convicts. c) merchants. d) servants.
A Manpower Report to the President showed that
a. most poor youths preferred low-wage jobs to the dangers of the drug business. b. poor youngsters wanted an education, a successful career, and responsible work but saw no means of securing them. c. unemployment had no relationship to the crime rate. d. most poor youths believed that an education would guarantee them a good career.
Sociologically, beliefs are deviant to the extent that:
(a) they are objectively wrong. (b) their believers are treated as socially unacceptable by relevant audiences. (c) they have stood the empirical test of time. (d) they violate God-given interpretations. (e) none of the above